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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/30/train-operators-adverts-banned-owned-by-public-gwr-great-western-railway
Well that is rather.... interesting.
The train operator Great Western Railway has been banned from running adverts that suggest its service is publicly owned.
A poster campaign introducing the company formerly known as First Great Western when it rebranded last September stated: The railway belongs to the region it serves.
Complainants to the Advertising Standards Authority pointed out that GWR belongs to its owner, FirstGroup, a multinational transport company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and not the people of south-west England.
Well that is rather.... interesting.